Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI SPECTRIS PLC

Barclays PLC

19 September 2025

 

FORM 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI)
PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY AN
EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER WITHOUT RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY ("RI") STATUS
(OR WHERE RI STATUS IS NOT APPLICABLE)
Rule 8.5 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")
1.	KEY INFORMATION
(a)	Name of exempt principal trader:			BARCLAYS CAPITAL SECURITIES LTD
(b)	Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose  relevant securities this form relates:			SPECTRIS PLC
(c)	Name of the party to the offer with which exempt  principal trader is connected			SPECTRIS PLC
(d)	Date position held/dealing undertaken:			18 Sep 2025
(e)	In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal  trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?			NO
2.	POSITIONS OF THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER
(a)	Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree
	to which the disclosure relates following the dealing (if any)
Class of relevant security:				5p ordinary
				Interests		Short Positions
				Number	(%)	Number	(%)
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:				2,852,492	2.87%	276,607	0.28%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				258,056	0.26%	2,790,396	2.81%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
TOTAL:				3,110,548	3.13%	3,067,003	3.09%
(b)	Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors and other executive options)
Class of relevant security in relation to  which subscription right exists
Details, including nature of the rights  concerned and relevant percentages:
3.	DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER
(a)	Purchase and sales
Class of relevant  security	Purchase/sale	Total number of  securities	Highest price per unit  paid/received	Lowest price per unit  paid/received
5p ordinary	Purchase	215679	40.9664  GBP	40.8800  GBP
5p ordinary	Sale	73844	41.0200  GBP	40.9000  GBP
(b)	Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of  relevant  security	Product  description	Nature of dealing	Number of  reference  securities	Price per  unit
5p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	3,559	40.9228  GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	202	40.8994  GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	20,338	40.9000  GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	2,704	40.9023  GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	102	40.9200  GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	86	40.9207  GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,043	40.9291  GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	625	40.9625  GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	38	40.9642  GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	222	40.9819  GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	75,748	40.8207  GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	36	40.8800  GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	554	40.9000  GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	1,059	40.9006  GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	743	40.9068  GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	317	40.9105  GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	1,122	40.9121  GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	2,827	40.9181  GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	328	40.9200  GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	250	40.9261  GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	5,214	40.9272  GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	5,546	40.9295  GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	4,240	40.9296  GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	12,111	40.9318  GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	399	40.9379  GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	868	40.9423  GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	28,366	40.9469  GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	18	40.9488  GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	927	40.9566  GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	5,435	40.9572  GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	7,248	40.9576  GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	1,177	40.9658  GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	2,359	40.9664  GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	3,332	40.9717  GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Short	648	40.9243  GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	14	40.9235  GBP
(c)	Stock-settled derivative transactions  (including options)
(i)	Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
Class  of  relevant  security	Product  description	Writing,  purchasing,  selling,  varying etc	Number  of  securities  to which  option  relates	Exercise  price  per unit	Type	Expiry  date	Option  money  paid/  received  per unit
(ii)	Exercising
Class of relevant  security	Product description	Exercising/ exercised against	Number of  securities	Exercise price per  unit
(d)	Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)
Class of relevant  security	Nature of Dealings	Details	Price per unit (if  applicable)
4.	OTHER INFORMATION
(a)	Indemnity and other dealings arrangements
Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or understanding,  formal or informal, relating to relevant securities which may be an inducement to deal or refrain from dealing entered into by  the exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any party  to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer:
NONE
(b)	Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives
Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between  the exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any other person relating to:  (i)   the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or  (ii)   the voting rights of future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which  any derivative is referenced:
NONE
(c)	Attachments
Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?				NO
Date of disclosure:				19 Sep 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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